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2023 Summer Reading Challenge: Read A Book With A Human Who Doesn't Look Or Live Like You
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Children's Historical Fiction
Books By And About Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders
Children's Historical Fiction
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Twelve-year-old Sora and her eight-year-old brother, Youngsoo, must try to escape North Korea's oppressive Communist regime on their own in 1950. Includes historical notes, photographs of the author's mother, glossary of Korean words, and timeline.
2) The warlock
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Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the humani race.
3) Dawn raid
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After the police raid their house, Lenny starts talking about protests and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government, which inspires the whole family to become involved in the movement.
4) Rufus M
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The adventures of seven-year-old Rufus Moffat, living with his widowed mother and older siblings including his encounter with an invisible piano player and his attempts at ventriloquism.
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2016.
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In 1940, during the Blitz, Katherine, Robbie and Amelie Bateson are sent north to a private school in Rookskill Castle in Scotland, a brooding place, haunted by dark magic from the past--but when some of their classmates disappear Katherine has to find out if the cause is hidden in the past or very much in the present.
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2015.
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"Willa Dunlap and her younger brother, Ben, are new to Chincoteague Island. Their parents are busy planning the opening of a bed-and-breakfast, which gives the kids plenty of time to explore. But with so many new people and places to get used to, Willa worries Chincoteague will never, ever feel like home"--Jacket flap.
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2020.
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Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podgórska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemsyl, Poland, the Jewish Diamants are forced into the ghetto (and worse) and only Izio's brother Max manages to escape, and Stefania embarks on a dangerous course--protecting thirteen Jews in her attic, caring for her younger sister, Helena, and keeping everything...
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[2019]
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English
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Peppa and her friends are using their imagination to decide what to be when they grow up. They explore helping others when learning about the police, doctors, and the fire engine. Later, the playgroup gets excited for a bit of show time! Then it's time to shake, rattle and bang while learning to play instruments for an oinktastic performance! Watch all twelve Peppa-sodes for lots of giggles with Peppa, her little brother George, Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig,...
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